Blue Star 1
The Blue Star 1 came in on Monday as promised, sounded its horn, turned a circle and backed to the new landing stage. It was there about five minutes and was then off again. Very quick and efficient. If you’re wondering how you get to and from this new landing stage, it’s simple. You can see from the photos that it’s on the south side of the harbour and a fair distance from where the other boats land, but… You can take a taxi there if you arrange it in advance and the drivers will also pick you up from the boat if you have arranged that too. You can also take the bus down from Horio and Lakis, or Thanasis will stop by the harbour entrance (Petalo taverna/beach) if you ask them, I’m sure. From there you walk down the slope and along the new quayside.
From Yialos, it’s a case of heading along the road out of town, passing the taxis and bus stop and no doubt if there’s a taxi free, you can take one from there. Instead of walking up the hill, you turn to the left at Petalo taverna/beach, towards the petrol station. It’s easy to find, but it is a bit of a walk from Harani, for example, so allow enough time.
Meanwhile, talking of walking, Neil was very energetic and went on a walk through the Pedi valley to the beach on Sunday, taking a couple of friends with him. He has loads more images on his camera for one day, but he also took a couple of quick snaps on mine, so I’d have some new photos for the next couple of days. I was at home supervising Sam-the-sander who is working on an old table we’ve been given for the courtyard. It’s looking nicely distressed now and is just waiting for next weekend when he will finish it off.
I was also booking my ferry tickets so I can attend the awards in Athens in three weeks. Two overnight trips on the Patmos; can’t wait. I couldn’t get the Blue Star 1 journey as that boat leaves Piraeus for Symi at 6pm on the evening of the awards, so I decided to stay in Athens for a couple of days and maybe to take a trip to Delphi and come back in style on the Patmos, rather than fly. Which, btw, would have been more expensive, even with me paying to have a two-berth cabin to myself. I opted for that as I’m no longer into random room sharing, not that I ever was.
